Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
The
author criticizes the opinion of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate is to be given a lifetime
chance to renounce his apostate ideas. He lists Qur’ān verses stating that apostates should be killed. He
believes it is dangerous to alleviate non-negotiable rules and change the...
Date of source:
An
apostasy claim against Nawal al-
Sa’adawi -following the publishing of an interview in which she criticized Islām -
stirred up a social
debate on her opinions and raised fears for her life. al-Sa’adawi contested what she called
perfectly set
traps of the yellow papers in collusion with...
Date of source:
The author presents some contributions from Jewish, Christian and Muslim
intellectuals on the relationship between the mind and the interpretation of religious texts.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 1997
Subtitle: 1- The leader of the organization says, "When Dr. Yehia Ismael said that Hanafy was an apostate, we decided to kill him" 2- The one who was supposed to carry out the operation says, "The plan was to kill him with penknives. I have trained on how to do this in Nozha" 3- An official...
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 1997
The author criticises the fatwa declaring Dr. Hassan Hanafy to be an apostate and explains how Dr. Hanafy’s work was taken out of context, and twisted to imply that he opposed Islam.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 1997
The only son of
Jonathan Birt, general manager of the BBC, has embraced Islam and married a Muslim girl.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 1997
Sheik Rabiek Hag Ibn Neisan, the general mufti of Kazakhstan, has
confessed that
some Muslims have converted from Islam and become Christians. He said that this has happened because
of
financial temptations and Western aid funds, and not because converts really believe in Christianity, adding...
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm
tells how Western interest in Egypt has
shifted to social and religious issues.
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
The
author reviews the opinions of Muslim
scholars about the issue of recognizing Egyptians of
Bahā’ī faith in official documents like
identity cards as well as questions about marriage with
Bahā’īs.
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2006 to Friday, June 23, 2006
In
his Risālat al-Dār [Reviewer:
Essay on the house], Shazrin stressed the need for reform of
thought, expressing his fascination with the
use of the mind for creative and inventive purposes. Due to the
originality of the work, Dr. Fawzī
Fahmī says, the essay was rejected by Shazrin’s...